Day 1: Monday, December 11, 2023

Plenary Session

Auditorium

0900Hrs

Guests to be seated

0915Hrs

National Anthem

0920Hrs

Recitation of Holy Quran

0925Hrs

Overview of the Conference

0935Hrs

Welcome Address

0945Hrs

Keynote Address: Transforming Medical Imaging Through AI: Progress and Challenges by Prof. Anne Martel, University of Toronto, Canada

1030Hrs

Address by Chief Guest

1045Hrs

Closing of Inaugural Ceremony

1050Hrs

Refreshments

FIT 2023-Technical Sessions

Parallel Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Session 1: Software Engineering

Sir Syed Hall

1130 – 1215

Invited Talk: Will someone like it?" Undermining the positionality and situatedness in Community Technology Design by Tariq Zaman, University of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia

1215 – 1235

A Dataset for Analyzing Crowdsourced Feedback in Usability Testing by Aisha Ahmad, Muhammad Salman Bashir, Muhammad Summair Raza and Asma Babool

1235 – 1255

Security-based Safety Hazard Analysis using STAMP, STPA & HAZOP: A DAM Case Study by Muhammad Farooq, Irum Inayat and Maya Daneva

1255 – 1315

Sketching Reflections in a Human-Computer Interaction Course by Tariq Zaman and Cheng Haw Yih

1315 – 1415

Lunch & Prayers

Session 2: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing

Liaqat Hall

1130 – 1215

Invited Talk: Exploring Cutting-Edge Techniques for Speech Emotion Recognition by Fan Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

1215 – 1235

Exploring the potential of large-language models (LLMs) for student feedback sentiment analysis by Sarang Shaikh, Sher Muhammad Daudpota, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan and Sindhu Shaikh

1235 – 1255

Exploring Unseen Characteristics of Artificial Neural Networks for Improving Front Teat Placement Trait by Hina Afridi, Mohib Ullah, Øyvind Nordbø, Anne Guro Larsgard and Faouzi Alaya Cheikh

1255 – 1315

Learning Structural Similarities from Handwriting on Papyri - An Application to Scribe Characterization by Hassan Sajjad, Imran Siddiqi, Momina Moetesum and Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello

1315 – 1415

Lunch & Prayers

Session 3: Network, Cyber & Information Security

Iqbal Hall

1130 – 1215

Invited Talk: On the Effectiveness & Challenges of Memory Access Randomization for Security in Hardware by Khurram Bhatti, Information Technology University, Pakistan

1215 – 1235

Beyond Theory: Investigating the Practical Feasibility of Confidential Computing by Edward Ettesvoll, Leon Camill Rognerud Schüle, Muhammad Mudassar Yamin and Ali Shariq Imran

1235 – 1255

Internet Vote Casting Protocol in the Age of Quantum Computing by Khan Farhan Rafat

1255 – 1315

Hyper Metamorphism: Hyper Secure and Trustworthy 5G Networks using Blockchain with IoT by Farooque Hassan Kumbhar and Syed Taha Ali

1315 – 1415

Lunch & Prayers

Session 4: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing

Jinnah Hall

1130 – 1215

Invited Talk: Substitution Boxes for Image Encryption Applications in Highly Correlated Data by Jawad Ahmad, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

1215 – 1235

From Tweets to Tolerance: Empowering Cyberbullying Detection with Deep Learning Models by Muhammad Asfand-E-Yar, Sadaf Aftab, Qadeer Hashir and Talha

1235 – 1255

Generation of Urdu Ghazals using Deep Learning by Saad Fahim, Iqra Siddiqui, Sameer Pervez, Sandesh Kumar, Faisal Alvi and Abdul Samad

1255 – 1315

Enhancing Android Platform Security: Investigating Malware Patterns with Sufficient Input Subset by Farrakh Nazir, Neeli Khan, Muhammad. U. S Khan and Ahmad Fayyaz

1315 – 1415

Lunch & Prayers

Session 5: Invited Talks

Nishtar Hall

1130 – 1205

Invited Talk: Latest AI Trends in Japan, Applications and Challenges by Hiroyuki Shiono, Plus W, Japan

1205 – 1240

Invited Talk: Transformation Management of MLE (Managed Learning Ecosystem) in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Rapid Assessment of Stakeholder Reliability in Tertiary Education by Tanveer Ahmed, Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan

1240 – 1315

Invited Talk: Cybersecurity Ecosystem in Pakistan: Challenges and Way Forward by  Muhammad Yousaf, National Cyber Emergency Response Team, Government of Pakistan

1315 – 1415

Lunch & Prayers

Parallel Sessions 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10

Session 6: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing

Jinnah Hall

1415 – 1500

Invited Talk: Real-time Grasping Type Recognition based on EMG signals by Chadi Albitar, Higher Institute for Applied Science and Technology (HIAST), Syria

1500 – 1520

ViBaNet: A Novel Deep Learning Approach to Detect Bacterial and Viral Pneumonia by Farman Hassan, Muhammad Hamza Mehmood, Auliya Ur Rahman, Wasiat Khan, Sadia Khalid and Muddasser Ali

1520 – 1540

Leveraging AI and NLP in Chatbot Development: An Experimental Study by Abdul Wahab Paracha, Usama Arshad, Raja Hashim Ali, Zain Ul Abideen, Muhammad Huzaifa Shah, Talha Ali Khan, Ali Zeeshan Ijaz, Nisar Ali and Abu Bakar Siddique

1540 – 1600

Developing a VR-based Training Platform for Emergency Fire Handling Services Using Unity 3D by Muhammad Hasham Qazi, Farhan Khan, Jeeeun Kim and Edgar J. Rojas-Munoz

1600 – 1620

An Explainable Deep Learning-based Approach for Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Detection in IoT by Aafan Ahmad Toor, Jia-Chun Lin, Ernst Gunnar Gran and Ming-Chang Lee

1620 – 1640

Real-Time Multi-scale Pothole Detection using Transformer by Bibi Anam, Ali Khizer, Raza Ahmad and Kausar Sumaira

1640 – 1700

Robust and Reliable Liveness Detection Models for Facial Recognition Systems by Haris Anjum, Usama Arshad, Raja Hashim Ali, Zain Ul Abideen, Muhammad Huzaifa Shah, Talha Ali Khan, Ali Zeeshan Ijaz, Abu Bakar Siddique and Muhammad Imad

Session 7: Tutorial

Iqbal Hall

1415 – 1700

Introduction to Large Language Models: Concepts and Applications

By Jawwad A. Shamsi and Adil Sheraz , National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Karachi, Pakistan.

Session 8: Data Science & Advanced Analytics

Liaqat Hall

1415 – 1500

Invited Talk: AI in Healthcare: Hype vs. Reality by Arfan Ahmed, Weill Cornell Medicine, Qatar

1500 – 1520

Zero-Shot Learning via GANs and SAGANs: A Performance Analysis by Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin

1520 – 1540

Survey of Explainability within Process Mining: A case study of BPI challenge 2020 by Tjalling Hoogendoorn, Jeewanie Jayasinghe Arachchige and Faiza Allah Bukhsh

1540 – 1600

An In-Silico identification of Anti-CRISPR proteins by using descriptors derived from the primary structures by Sidra Liaqat, Saiqa Andleeb, Maryum Bibi and Wajid Arshad Abbasi

1600 – 1620

Multimodal Sentiment Analysis for Personality Prediction by Hans Petter Fauchald Taralrud, Abdulfatah Abdi-Salah, Ali Shariq Imran and Zenun Kastrati

1620 – 1640

Attention Guided Deep Neural Network for Animal Ear Tag Classification in Low-Resolution Images by Thinh Pham-Duc, Mohib Ullah, Muhammad Mudassar Yamin, Adane N. Tarekegn, Azeddine Beghdadi, Faouzi Alaya Cheikh and Habib Ullah

Session 9: Signal Processing and Next Generation Communication Systems | Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing

Sir Syed Hall

1415 – 1500

Invited Talk: Applied Machine & Deep Learning: Network Softwarization and Virtualization by Tahira Mahboob, Information Technology University, Pakistan

1500 – 1520

Machine Learning-Enabled Data-Driven Fault Detection for Predictive Maintenance in HVAC Systems by Faizan Hamayat, Fayyaz Ahmad, Amin Ud Din and Syed Zubair

1520 – 1540

Characterizing Non-Linear Modulations on radar pulse under non-cooperative estimations by Arooj Khan, Muhammad Jawad, Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui and Muhammad Abid

1540 – 1600

DeepCamouflageAI: Deep-Learning-Based Camouflage People Detection and Segmentation by Amna Arfa Rafique, Saeed Ur Rehman, Muhammad Kamran Imran, Khurram Shehzad and Hissam Yousaf

1600 – 1620

Performance Evaluation of Popular Deep Neural Networks for Neural Machine Translation by Muhammad Naeem, Abu Bakar Siddique, Raja Hashim Ali, Usama Arshad, Zain Ul Abideen, Talha Ali Khan, Muhammad Huzaifa Shah, Ali Zeeshan Ijaz and Nisar Ali

1620 – 1640

Exploiting Partial Observability and Optimized Simple State Representations in Deep Q-Learning by Danyaal Mahmood, Usama Arshad, Raja Hashim Ali, Zain Ul Abideen, Muhammad Huzaifa Shah, Talha Ali Khan, Ali Zeeshan Ijaz, Nisar Ali and Abu Bakar Siddique

1640 – 1700

Mitigating Crop Losses: AI-enabled Disease Detection in Tomato Plants by Hassan Ashfaq, Usama Arshad, Raja Hashim Ali, Zain Ul Abideen, Muhammad Huzaifa Shah, Talha Ali Khan, Ali Zeeshan Ijaz, Nisar Ali and Abu Bakar Siddique

1700 - 1720

A Robust Approach for Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Using Lookup Table Based Circular Array Correlative Interferometer by Muhammad Rehan Khalid, Muhammad Jawad and Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui

Session 10: PhD Symposium

Nishtar Hall

1415 – 1440

An Ontology-Enabled Approach for the Detection of Software Design Smells by Sabiyyah Sabir and Ghulam Rasool

1440 – 1505

A technique for refactoring of code smells in Android Applications by Muhammad Fawad and Gulam Rasool

1505 – 1530

Single Phase Flying Capacitor Based Parallel Active Power Factor Corrector Dimensioning and control by Mahjoub Dahair and Iyad Azar

1530 – 1555

Analyzing The Effect of Technical Debt on Microservices Quality by Junaid Aziz

1555 – 1620

Evolution of Anti-patterns in Client Services by Khalid Mahmood and Ghulam Rasool

1620 – 1645

Ultra-Miniaturized Novel Antenna for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy System by Syed Misbah Un Noor, Syed Misbah Un Noor, Shahid Khan, Owais Khan, Syed Ahson Ali Shah, Mariana Dalarsson and Jamal Nasir

Day 2: Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Parallel Sessions 11, 12, 13, 14

Session 11: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing

Jinnah Hall

0900 – 0945

Invited Talk: Use of IoTs, Edge and AI for the Remote Monitoring of Cardiovascular Patients by Amir Qayyum, Capital University of Science & Technology (CUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

0945 – 1005

Weed Classification Using a Two-Dimensional Deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) by Muhammad Ali Sarwar, Hammad Hassan and Nayab Hassan

1005 – 1025

Cheating detection in online exams by using Deep Learning Algorithms by Ahmad Shaf, Tariq Ali, Tanzeela Iqbal and Muhammad Shafqat Ali

1025 – 1045

A Large-Scale Font-Diverse Sindhi Ligature Recognition System by Zeeshan Ali Phanwar, Safdar Abbas Khan, M. Khuram Shahzad and Hafiz Syed Muhammad Bilal Ali

1045 – 1105

Refreshments

Session 12: Software Engineering

Iqbal Hall

0900 – 0945

Invited Talk: Digital Transformation: Determinants and Guiding Principles by Athar Qureshi, University of Adelaide, Australia

0945 – 1005

A Model-Driven Framework for Water Supply Management System (MWS) by Marukh Azhar, Farooque Azam, Waseem Anwar, Anam Amjad and Yawar Rasheed

1005 – 1025

A framework to support requirements validation in global software development by Nasir Mehmood Minhas, Bilal Ahmed and Nayla Nasir

1025 – 1045

From Manual to Automatic: The Evolution of Test Case Generation Methods and the Role of GitHub Copilot by Sajid Mehmood, Dr. Uzair Iqbal and Adeel Ahmed

1045 – 1105

Refreshments

Session 13: Remote Health Monitoring and Prediction Systems

Liaqat Hall

0900 – 0930

Invited Talk: AI-based Low Complexity Approach for Remote Health Monitoring: ECG anomaly detection and Face Emotion Recognition use cases by Slavisa Jovanovic, University of Lorraine, France

0930 – 1000

Invited Talk: Remote Health Monitoring: Opportunities and Challenges by Naeem Ramzan, University of West of Scotland, Scotland, UK

1000 – 1020

Towards a Digital Future: The Role and Potential of Telerehabilitation in Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Pakistan by Rukaiya Yawar,  Zaheeruddin Asif and Talat Zuberi

1020 – 1040

EEG-Based Depression Detection: A Temporal Domain Feature-Centric Machine Learning Approach by Maryam Rehman, Sanay Muhammad Umar Saeed, Sheharyar Khan, Sadam Hussain Noorani and Usman Rauf

1045 – 1105

Refreshments

Session 14: Smart Grid, Energy & Electronics

Sir Syed Hall

0900 – 0945

Invited Talk: AI and IoT-supported smart homes for reintegration of released prisoners in society by Sana Ullah Jan, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

0945 – 1005

Design and Development of Levitation and Propulsion System for a Prototype Maglev Train by Mian Sajawal Shah, Muhammad Shayan Haider, Noman Khan, Aftab Ahmed and Tanveer Abbas

1005 – 1025

Non Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring: A Comparison of Two Antenna Enabled Sensors by Asad Masood, Nizam Uddin, Ali Hassan, Alia Bibi and Maria Perveen

1045 – 1105

Refreshments

Parallel Sessions 15, 16, 17, and 18

Session 15: Water Informatics and Communication Technology

Liaqat Hall

1105 – 1205

Invited Talk: Key Technologies and Applications of Underwater Acoustic Communication and Networks by Liu Songzuo, Harbin Engineering University, China

1205 – 1225

A Fully Connected Neural Network Driven UWA Channel Estimation for Reliable Communication by Muhammad Adil, Liu Songzuo, Suleman Mazhar, Mansoor Jan, Asfand Yar Khan and Muhammad Bilal

1225 – 1245

Machine Learning-based Multi-path Reliable and Energy-efficient Routing Protocol for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks by Zahid Ullah Khan, Muhammad Aman, Wazir Ur Rahman, Faran Khan, Tooba Jamil and Rifhat Hashim

1305 – 1400

Lunch & Prayers

Session 16: Adaptive Systems, Networks, IoT & Cloud Computing

Iqbal Hall

1105 – 1145

Invited Talk: Efficient IoT development, introduction of programming language mruby by Kazuaki Tanaka, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

1145 – 1205

DCF: Dynamic Content Fetching in NDN based UWSN by Sana Bari and Rana Asif Rehman

1205 – 1225

Enhancing Intrusion Detection: Leveraging Federated Learning and Machine Learning Algorithms by Faiza Naeem, Asad Waqar Malik, Safdar Abbas Khan and Farzana Jabeen

1225 – 1245

UrbanEVSim: Open-Source Electric Vehicle Mobility and Charging Simulation Platform by Hamna Rauf, Syeda Sana Zehra Zaidi, Hamna Naveed, Dawood Mehmood, Farzana Jabeen and Asad Malik

1245 – 1305

Network Traffic Classification using Deep Neural Networks by Muhammad Shaheem Raza, Kamran Aziz Bhatti, Fahad Mumtaz Malik and Shahzad Amin Sheikh

1305 – 1400

Lunch & Prayers

Session 17: Modeling & Simulation for Emerging Technologies

Jinnah Hall

1105 – 1145

Invited Talk: How to Steer your Research and Profession in AI Era? by Shoab A Khan

1145 – 1205

AI-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Through Camera on Robot by Muhammad Khalid, Gergo Csonka, Husnain Rafiq and Yasir Ali

1205 – 1225

Verification of Safety of Aircraft Arrival Procedure using SPIN Model Checker by Imran Rasool

1225 – 1245

A Novel Textile Inspired Microstrip Antenna for Wearable Applications by Maria Perveen, N.Nizam Uddin and Eisha Mazhar

1245 – 1305

ViT vs CNN: A Comparative Study of Wheat Disease Classification for Custom Data by Hiba Madiha Lashari, Rana Fayyaz Ahmed and Syed Zain Ul Abidin

1305 – 1400

Lunch & Prayers

Session 18: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing

Sir Syed Hall

1105 – 1145

Invited Talk: Artificial Intelligence and medical image analysis: making the most of limited annotated data by Anne Martel, University of Toronto, Canada

1145 – 1205

Automated Text Selection for Raw Data Annotation by Sana Saeed, Ali Haider and Kashif Bilal

1205 – 1225

Enhancing Plant Identification: Exploring Deep Learning for Herbarium Specimen Classification by Sabahat Asad and Labiba Gillani Fahad

1225 – 1245

ASAnalyzer: Attention based Sentiment analyzer for Real-world Sentiment Analysis by Khadim Hussain, Muhammad Azhar, Bumshik Lee, Asma Iqbal, Muhammad Affan and Sajid Ullah Khan

1245 – 1305

Efficient Video Summarization with Hydra Attentive Vision Transformer by Muhammad Shafqat Ali, Muhammad Azhar, Saba Masood, Bumshik Lee, Tanzeela Iqbal and Adeen Amjad

1305 – 1400

Lunch & Prayers

Conference Panel Discussion

Auditorium

1400 – 1600

Topic: The current impediments and the government initiatives to improve the IT sector of Pakistan

Closing Ceremony

1600Hrs

Recitation of the Holy Quran

1605Hrs

Conference Report

1620Hrs

Presentation of Shields

1630Hrs

Address by the Chief Guest

1635Hrs

Vote of Thanks

1640Hrs

Refreshments